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The New Britain Project is a new female led independent progressive think tank focused on bringing in more women and front line voices into policy making
Joined March 2023
Cadets give young people purpose, confidence and a sense of duty - but most state schools still don’t have one. Coverage on pg3 of today's @thetimes of our call to double CCF units in state schools by the end of this parliament 👇
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Great to see @JohnHealey_MP announce £70m to expand cadets in schools. Our Permission to Expand report showed cadets give young people confidence, purpose & duty - yet most state schools don’t have one. Public strongly backs expansion via our polling with @Moreincommon_
Speak to anyone who has been through the cadets and you will hear how life-changing it can be. Today we've announced that thousands more young people will get to benefit from the programme through our ‘30 by 30’ campaign. A new era for cadets, in a new era for defence.
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🎖️ New school cadet units have been confirmed by the MoD, with disadvantaged areas set to be targeted, the minister for veterans and people has told Schools Week https://t.co/A4Vq6Yu9kD
schoolsweek.co.uk
Expansion will be a 'balance' between school and community-based units, minister tells Schools Week
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You can see the write up of our report on page 3 of The Times below and read the full report here - https://t.co/0lqSXpcJYx
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Great to see @JohnHealey_MP announce £70m to expand cadets in schools. Our Permission to Expand report showed cadets give young people confidence, purpose & duty - yet most state schools don’t have one. Public strongly backs expansion via our polling with @Moreincommon_
Speak to anyone who has been through the cadets and you will hear how life-changing it can be. Today we've announced that thousands more young people will get to benefit from the programme through our ‘30 by 30’ campaign. A new era for cadets, in a new era for defence.
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Tilly Macdonald recently wrote in The Spectator that she doesn’t want her husband to have more paternity leave, because he doesn’t know how to do the laundry and “clatters about’ in the kitchen. But paternity leave isn’t the problem, says @nowak_paul. Tilly’s husband is.
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No matter who's in charge, people are fed up. Voters see ALL politicians as the same. Our latest polling with @Moreincommon_ shows even Reform UK - who present themselves as outsiders - are not immune. If they won the next election, they’d likely end up right where Labour is now.
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We’re living through an era of deep voter uncertainty - and that makes politics even harder. But it also opens a path for Starmer’s Labour. No party has yet won the public’s trust. The next election is still wide open. If Labour - or anyone else - can offer a clear direction and
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Trying to find something positive and not asking about politics - on what’s best about Britain in 2025, most people said NOTHING. Only this year’s decent weather was seen as a plus. For our politicians, it means hope can only come if we can first beat this deep sense of gloom.
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Labour’s perceived competence has fallen significantly since the last election - but the Tories and Reform haven’t benefited. No party is winning public trust.
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Our Broken Britain tracker shows the sense that ‘Britain is broken’ hasn’t budged in three years - no matter who’s in charge. It’s felt most strongly by women, the middle-aged, and people in Wales. But what has changed is that hope things can get better has fallen off a cliff.
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No matter who's in charge, people are fed up. Voters see ALL politicians as the same. Our latest polling with @Moreincommon_ shows even Reform UK - who present themselves as outsiders - are not immune. If they won the next election, they’d likely end up right where Labour is now.
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This is spot on and echos what I argued pre -election in @LabourList Faced with a broken Britain, Starmer's project will fail if not bold enough. Link 🔽
There have been many achievements, but the lesson from the first year of government is that only radical, bold and fundamental reform of the state will do. Or we face political disaster. My piece for @NewStatesman 👇 https://t.co/c5XTFX5lcC
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I wrote this for @LabourList two years ago. Starmer's biggest challenge remains the same now as it was then - convincing voters things can only get better.
The likely election of Keir Starmer "lacks the promise of similar euphoria" to New Labour, @wearenewbritain director @AnnaCMcShane writes. "It's not a question of his character or his words; rather, the sobering reality that Britain is broken."
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Typically common sense proposals from @WeAreNewBritain while the public are clear they want overall numbers on immigration to fall there is strong consensus of voters across the spectrum for attracting the most highly skilled to the UK.
Oped from me in @FT. We keep saying growth is the mission. But unless we fix high-skilled visas, we’ll miss this moment - just like all the others. Nations that succeed in attracting best minds will gain a decisive edge: in AI, biotech, energy - the architecture of 21C power.
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Great @ft piece by @AnnaCMcShane - this should be part of the UK's industrial strategy: https://t.co/2zFW3VPtQw
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The UK must ease skilled visa rules to attract the top talent leaving the US before they are lured elsewhere
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Oped from me in @FT. We keep saying growth is the mission. But unless we fix high-skilled visas, we’ll miss this moment - just like all the others. Nations that succeed in attracting best minds will gain a decisive edge: in AI, biotech, energy - the architecture of 21C power.
America’s brain drain can be Britain’s gain — if we move fast https://t.co/mAV6KLgzSj | opinion
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Sometimes assumed worries on smartphones & social media are just moral panic from older generations, but having conducted one of the most in-depth studies into attitudes to young people & social media with @WeAreNewBritain it’s clear young people themselves want action.
Banning smartphones in schools is one of those policies with clear cross-party consensus - supported by a majority of voters of all parties, as well as parents and young people - feels like there could be real momentum behind properly rolling this out nationally
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Former teaching colleagues, local teachers and experts all agree: restricting phone use in schools can have a massive positive impact. Local schools like @HitchinBoys are leading the way, but we need all schools to step up. I pushed Ministers to ensure they do 👇
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